Art & Exhibits in the Library
Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide exhibit space for art at branches across the county. We feature everything from ceramics to oil paintings to tapestries.
Día de los Muertos: Felton Community Ofrenda
Felton Branch Library, October 23- November 15, 2024
This is an interactive community ofrenda that members of our community can contribute to celebrating Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico on November 1st-2nd, and sometimes October 31st and November 6th, according to regional traditions. It is not the same as Halloween). Please feel free to leave offerings of photos, written messages, and non-perishable items honoring loved ones who have passed and / or ancestors. The altar shall be up from October 23rd-November 15th.
Mixed Media and Collage by Michael McHam
Felton Branch Library, October 1- December 31, 2024
Local artist Michael McHam works in mixed media and collage. He says, “I have embraced new technology yet maintain a nostalgia for the old. In my art making process there is a consideration of history and authenticity. I use found materials and haunt thrift stores to collect collage materials and objects from the past. See Michael’s work in the Felton Branch Library through December.
Paintings and Woodcuts by Aaron Johnson
Aptos Branch Library, September 3- December 30, 2024
Aaron Johnson’s oil paintings and woodcut prints explore the natural world and our human relationships within it. Gestures of California trees draw his eye to their underlying structure and geometry of forms. The paintings use the traditional materials of oil on linen canvas and the woodcuts are printed from multiple woodblocks with a 1947 Vandercook hand press. The process takes patience, but encourages a slower, more contemplative way of looking at life’s interconnections. His work has been exhibited at Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, Triton Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, and Monterey Museum of Art.
More information at: AaronJohnsonStudio.com
Abstract Representations by Dani Torvik
Scotts Valley Branch Library. October 5- December 28
Dani Torvik’s paintings are visual representations of her longing for places, experiences, objects, and worlds just outside of her imagination. She is a Santa Cruz-based artist who received her Pictorial Arts BFA from San José State University in 2017 and her Studio Arts MFA from UC Davis in 2021. She teaches studio arts at Cabrillo College and at San José State University. Her abstract paintings will be on view in the Scotts Valley Library’s Fireside Room and Adult Fiction area.
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